Posts by jhine

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New poll shows public knows Jehovah's Witnesses and dislike them....almost as much as the Church of Satan

by Balaamsass2 in

wow.

while not a pew survey, i found these to be surprising results.

" a recent yougov poll explores americans' attitudes toward 35 religious groups, organizations, and belief systems.

jhine

JWGoneBad , l read Slim's post differently . To me he was saying that JWs would equate themselves with the early Christians.

Jan

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i am a historian and the period of english history from henry vii to elizabeth i is my specialist area.. i was talking to an ex-jw about the time when tyndale first translated the bible into english with his intention that everyone from the ploughboy upwards would be able to read and understand the scriptures.

it dawned on us both that this was a significant point in english history.. just having access to the bible in hi their own language allowed the common man to understand what god wanted him to understand.. it was and is, so simple.. why then oh why then do jehovah's witnesses think that they need a fds to explain it to them?

when in the 1600s just having a bible written in english was enough for people to understand the word of god?.

jhine

As an outsider looking in l think that enough is right .

They want people to understand the Bible according to the WT .

Jan

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Has anybody decided on a New Years resolution yet?

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

i have , i decided to only drink beer three days a week ,yesterday ,today,and tomorrow .

jhine

I vote yes

Jan

14

Disappointed

by jhine in

so last night me and hubby got round to watching love actually for the first time .

seemingly everyone says that it's a must see christmas film , people watch it numerous times .

sorry to say l was underwhelmed and won't bother watching it again.

jhine

TD l should say that l seem to be the only person in the world that doesn't think that Love Actually isn't brilliant. My husband liked it . So please don't be put off by me

Jan

14

Disappointed

by jhine in

so last night me and hubby got round to watching love actually for the first time .

seemingly everyone says that it's a must see christmas film , people watch it numerous times .

sorry to say l was underwhelmed and won't bother watching it again.

jhine

So last night me and hubby got round to watching Love Actually for the first time . Seemingly everyone says that it's a must see Christmas film , people watch it numerous times .

Sorry to say l was underwhelmed and won't bother watching it again. I should add that hubby quite enjoyed it .

So have any of you had an experience of feeling disappointed by an experience that had been hyped up by other people? A film , book , play or song maybe .

Jan

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Merry Christmas

by jhine in

i don't think that it's too early for my annual merry christmas thread .

merry christmas everyone.

jan .

jhine

Everyone, if you are celebrating or not , have a great day .

Jan

33

Merry Christmas

by jhine in

i don't think that it's too early for my annual merry christmas thread .

merry christmas everyone.

jan .

jhine

I know , it tickled me when l saw it on fb .

Jan

22

The Holy Spirit

by Leolaia in

this was posted originally in the rodney dangerfield thread......

i don't really know much about the trinity other than what i was told as a jw but it does seem to me that the holy ghost is definitely running a distant third in the popularity contest.

when jws get into arguments with trinitarians, it's almost always about whether jesus is god, isn't it?

jhine

I've just read J's description. I see what ya'll mean .

Jan

22

The Holy Spirit

by Leolaia in

this was posted originally in the rodney dangerfield thread......

i don't really know much about the trinity other than what i was told as a jw but it does seem to me that the holy ghost is definitely running a distant third in the popularity contest.

when jws get into arguments with trinitarians, it's almost always about whether jesus is god, isn't it?

jhine

I haven't come across JCannon before. He/ she is certainly an interesting character, to say the least.

The early reference to Michael/ Jesus made me think that J was a Watchtower apologist. Then the post went in a direction that seemed to have no roots in any religion that l recognised.

Jan

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Christmas and the name jehovah

by nowwhat? in

for the same reasons jw's reject christmas they use the name jehovah.. dec 25 is the recognized day to celebrate the birth of christ in the world.- we use jehovah because it is the recognized name of the father in the world.. it dishonors jesus because we don't know the actual date of jesus birth- even though we don't know the actual pronouncing of gods name it brings honor to god to use it.

even though the angels rejoiced at the birth of jesus, no where in the bible does it say we should celebrate it.

even though no where in the bible does it say christians are to be witnesses of jehovah, we proudly bear his name!.

jhine

Absolutely Vidiot .

Jan